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142. The Council shall meet on the second Monday evening
following their election for the purposes of organization, and
shall hold regular meetings on each Monday thereafter, and
may adjourn from time to time, and at said adjourned meetings
may transact regular business as at a stated meeting, and called
meetings may be called in writing by the Mayor or by a majority
of the Council as often as necessary for the transaction of busi-
ness. A majority of the Council shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of any business, and a majority of those present
shall decide any question unless otherwise in this Act provided.
The Councilmen shall each receive a salary of Three Hundred
Dollars per annum for their services. The Council shall organ-
ize by electing a permanent President of the Council and in his
absence elect a President pro-tem.

144. The Mayor after the annual election and qualification
of the newly elected members of the City Council, at its first
regular meeting, shall appoint, subject to confirmation by a
majority of the council, not more than ten persons as policemen,
one of the Justices of the Peace of Wicomico County, as Police
Justice; one person, who must be a registered physician and
in good standing as "Health Officer; " one person as
"Building Inspector, " and one person, who shall have had
such previous education as is generally required for the degree
of B. S. C. E., as "City Engineer. "

Each of the above officers shall hold office for one year from
the date of appointment and until his successor is appointed,
confirmed and qualified. The duties and compensation of these
officials shall be such as are prescribed by law and by ordinance
or resolution of the Mayor and Council from time to time.

And said police officers may be suspended without pay for a
period not exceeding thirty days or reprimanded by the Mayor
for neglect, non-performance of duty or other good cause, and
all of said officers shall be subject to removal as provided by
Section 148.

146. The Policemen before entering upon the duties of
their office, shall each take and subscribe before a Justice
of the Peace of Wicomico County, residing in said City,
an oath to well and faithfully, without partiality or prejudice,
perform the duties of his office in all things according
to the laws of the State and the ordinances of said City and
to enforce said laws and said ordinances to the best of his ability,
which oath shall be certified to by the Justice of the Peace
before whom it is taken and filed with the Clerk of the Council,
and be recorded in the minutes of said Council, and the original
certificate safely kept. The original certificate, the record there-